Market Access & Government Affairs Manager

Are you highly motivated by being able to make a difference in improving patients’ lives? Are you a high-performing executive energized by challenges and able to influence people around you? If so, you might be the Market Access Manager we are looking for. Apply today, and join us for a life-changing career!

About the Department 

Novo Nordisk’s Market Access team engages diverse stakeholders across political and healthcare landscapes to forge solutions that drive patient access to innovative products. We strive to deliver the best possible outcomes for patients with diabetes, obesity, growth hormone deficiencies and rare bleeding disorders through mutual wins for Novo Nordisk and our Market Access customers.  
 

The Position

As a Market Access & Government Affairs Manager, you will establish Market Access (MA), Value Communications and Health Economics (HE) strategies in line with local and global business priorities. Provide leadership in developing and implementing the strategic affiliate market access plans, creating supportive HE value documentation and aiding tools for use in their Pricing and Reimbursement (P&R) and Formulary works (national payer levels).
 
Key tasks include, but are not limited to:

Market Access Strategies & Execution

• Developing and implementing Market Access strategies to shape the national policies around healthcare and reimbursement.

  Responsible for the Price negotiation, NRDL and reimbursement processes; i.e., dossier preparation, health economics studies, price declarations and negotiations

  Establishes and maintains relationships with payers, policy-makers, Key Opinion Leaders, independent academic experts & institutions, patient association representatives to disseminate messages and to influence added value of NN innovative products. Plan and manage the resources and skills within the function to meet short- and long-term needs, including training needs, competency gap, succession planning and others. Constantly communicate the shared vision and business priorities for the Market Access functional area and actively manage the functional team by delegating liabilities, managing performance, recognising and rewarding achievements and identifying ways to improve. Be an ambassador for Business Ethics and ensure full compliance with all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). 

• Monitor intelligence on the MA landscape from competition access, healthcare system changes, Health Technology Assessment (HTA) developments and general trends in the field. Execute MA plans based on local needs and strategy aligned with affiliate and global aspirations. Implement and execute strategic MA frameworks such as payer engagement, negotiation, and objection handling in close collaboration with Affiliate Management Team and cross-functional stakeholders.           
• Communicate local HE evidences and Value Communication to create tailored local value messages that resonate with local patients, payers, health care providers and other decision-makers. Develop local HE Communication Tools to ensure Novo Nordisk drug’s value proposition will be recognized and local market uptake will be maximized. Identify and communicate to International Operations (IO) the HE evidence and publication needs that will leverage local business opportunities and drive stakeholder engagement strategies needs for MA. Develop a local submission value dossier, ensuring a coherent storyline that will resonate with local payers in collaboration with IO/Regional/ local Management Team. 
• Submit complete pricing cases in line with IO pricing strategies and SOP pricing promptly. Reflect a clear understanding of the business impact and general MA implications by collaborating closely with CMR (Clinical, Medical, Regulatory), Marketing and Sales to create solid business/pricing cases. Monitor local pricing developments, ensure pricing SOP compliance and communicate pricing insights and analyses, ensuring broader business implications are reflected. Participate and represent NN in local pricing platforms with plans/tactics in collaboration with the field-based market access team and align negotiation tactics with internal pricing policies.

Government Affairs

• To develop/design & execute Novo Nordisk Government Affairs strategy with the aim of influencing governmental trends & policies which might impact diabetes, haemophilia & obesity care; 

• To build and increase disease awareness 

• Prepares, agrees and implements pro-active solutions for the government affairs issues that can be seen as a problem for the short and long term within each therapy area.

• To establish relevant strategic engagement platforms to facilitate stakeholder dialogue and to drive company priorities in multi-stakeholder partnerships. 

• Develops and maintains appropriate information gathering on all competitive activities and health care reform trends, and communicate these to appropriate people in the organization
• Actively keeps updated about NN's commercial objectives, business strategies and their political acceptability

Qualifications

• Completed bachelor’s or master's degree, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry-academic area. 
• Advanced knowledge of pharmaceutical market access environmental factors to foster pricing & reimbursement strategies, public and government affairs.
• At least 10 years of experience in a Market Access, Government Relations and/or Health Technology.
• Track record of successful change management and delivering market access.
• Proficiency in both oral and written English is essential. 

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.  
 

Contact

Upload your CV to our online career page (click on Apply and follow the instructions). Internal candidates are requested to inform their line Manager when applying.
 
Deadline

Until the completion of recruitment
Applications will be screened on an ongoing basis, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.

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